She was with the Madison-based 467th Medical Detachment at the time of the shooting.

Her mother, Jeri Krueger, told the Sheboygan Press that the sentencing was an emotional release after dealing with the shooting for the past 3½ years.

"Just a flood came over me," she said. "I cried just out of pure relief."

Jeri Krueger was one of the family members who testified during Hasan's court martial and sentencing in Texas.

"I thought it was going to be harder than it was," she said. "It was apprehension, until you see him. He doesn't even deserve my anger. You look over at him, and it's like, 'Nothing. You're just nothing.'"

Although she would have been satisfied with a sentence of life without parole for Hasan, she said she's pleased with the death sentence.

Pvt. Amber Bahr of Random Lake, now Amber Gadlin, was injured in the shooting and she testified against Hasan during the court martial.

She finally met Krueger when they were both in Texas.

"It was wonderful to see her, to finally meet her," Krueger said. "I got to meet a lot of the victims throughout this. It's been quite an emotional roller coaster."

Survivors are now battling the U.S. Department of Defense over its classification of the shooting. They say it should be classified as workplace violence instead of terrorism, which limits the services and benefits available to survivors. But Krueger is ready to put the whole situation behind her.

"It's done," she said. "It is over for me. There could be appeals, I don't care, I'm not going to listen to any of it. I know he's sitting in a four-by-eight cell, and that's all that matters to me."